564 t4 Commentary upon the Gof el Chap.25. B go ye rather to them that fell] Salta eft derifio non co- hortatio, like that, .1a.47.13. As if God Ihould fay to Papifts, Go to your Indulgencers, pardon-mongers, Aneylers : or to car- nall Go(peìlers, Go to your arafrticall-preachers, that have too- thed you up in your firmes ( and ye loved to have it fo) or at the belt, have (hot off a few porgurs only againft groffe finnes, and licked you whole again prefently with, I hope better things of you, &C. 11 Verte 1 o. Ind they that *ere ready, Trent in, &c.]The bride- Cdr"t 77. groom waits nomans leifure : Love is impitient of delaies, leaps over all impediments, thole mou.nrnins of Berber or diVifton, that it may have not a union only, but a unity with the be- loved. eAnd the door teas /hut] Opportunity is headlong, and once loft, irrecoverable. It behooves us therefore to be abrupt in the work of repentance, Dan.4.27. as a workof greateft hafte : left we cry our, as he once, All too late, all too late : or as a great La- dy of this land did lately upon her death-bed, Time, time,aworld ofwealth for an inch of time. We want not time fomuch, as wafle it. Remember that upon this moment depends eternity. God' hath hang'd theheavieft weights upon the weakef} wiers. Verle r r. Afterward came aljo the other Virgins ] The great- er number by ods, that !land trifling and bafltngwith Chrift,and their fouls, funning their repentance, Epimetheus Pci maflerr, femper villuri in Seneca's tente, lohofaphar in temporalls,was ever wire too lace, 3 Chron. r 8 3 t. & 20.36,31, and paid for his after-wit : howbeit in fpiritualls he was a wife virgin, made fare work for his foul, which was an high point of heavenly prudence. Verle 12. Verily 7 ¡tiy unto you, l know you not] i.e. With a knowledge ofapprobation or delight. Verbanotitia,apud Hebra_ os fecum trahunt 461- firm. See more above in the Note upon, chap.7.v.23. Verle r 3. watch there re] Left ye (mart for ir, whenGod ilaall fend out /&parr,ons fer fleepers. This is an exhortation aniwe- rabie to that chap 24.42. and the upfhot of that, this, and the en- filingparable. See the Notes there. Verle 14. Anddelivered unto them hisgoods] There is fcarce any man but hath fome one thing or other in him, that is exeel- ant andextraordinary : tome fpeciall talent to trade with, fume hony:
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